Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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l 11 H ,A A e ' iei. . 1 iii.tst. OFFICERS 5 tecse F fi t iti it First Semester Second Semester Q- 'wil iif X15 . H ' V Robert Warren President Josephine Armstrong K Vivian Carlson V.-President Harold Acker V' . I ' Josephine Armstrong Secretary Julia Joslin I ' E.. - Harold Acker Treasurer Adrian Janes ' V Miss Maud VVeinschenk Adviser Miss Maud Weinschenk I .. ,AMS Rab Authors Club CARLSON KServiceJ To furnish inspiration and help for all students interested in creative writing and to promote interest in and enjoyment of good literature, the third literary organization of Rockford high school was founded. For the past two years Rab Authors club has published an original book of verse, My Singing Soul. The 1929 edition of the book was rated All- American in the National Scholastic Press Associa- tio11 Contest. During the year the club members have sponsored and edited the literary section of the Owl. Robert VVarren, Hrst semester president, was editor. Mem- bers of all English classes contributed material. Each year members of Rab Authors enter material in the contests sponsored by Cnrrent Literature, Scholastics, and similar magazines. Many students received pen and pencil awards from Current Liter- ature for excellency of material submitted. Richard CScholarship5 Congleton and Josephine Armstrong had poetry pub- lished in The Gleain, a magazine publishing only the best of high school verse. Jerry Allaben won hrst prize of Eve dollars in an essay contest sponsored by the horticultural society of Winnebago County. The club sponsors its own poetry contest every spring. Carl Sandburg's appearance in the Auditorium on November 18, Monday, was sponsored by both A. B. L. and Rab Authors. The members of Rab Authors managed the publicityg Arnold Liebling, Hymen Bur- stein, and Helen Christenson composed the commit- ICC. Friday, March 14, was the date of the club's eve- ning party for which the Philomatheans and Rab Authors merged. Rab Authors secured programs in the shape of shamrocks. Harold Acker and Jose- phine Armstrong were general chairmen from Rab Authors. page twenty-two

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Ri OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Myrtle Kleekner President Myrtle Kleckner Mildred McEachran V.-President Juanita Hale Bertha Arne Secretary Lucille Bailey Marjory Talbot Treasurer Mildred MCE:-lchran Mrs. Mary Shumway Adviser Mrs. Mary Shumway KLECKNER SeC0 ARNE . cservice, 1Scho1arship7 In 1923 a group of Rockford high school girls met to form a club for furthering the interest in the study of Home Economics. It was decided that all girls in either sewing or cooking classes should be eligible for membership, and that a combination of the first two letters of the words sewing and cooking should form the club's title. In 1924, this organization became aiifiliated with the National Home Economics Association. Seco club has varied programs. At the begin- ning of each semester this year a formal initiation and a banquet were held for the new members. At Christmas time, each girl furnished a box of home made candy which was presented to the ladies of the Jennie Snow home. The afternoon party, staged on February ll, was a great success! and the club's evening party, an affair of the sec- ond semester, was also well attended. A tea was given in the spring for Junior high school girls, a custom which has been followed out for several years. Members of the club served at the Owl-Annual banquet on February 22. All programs for the club are planned to be instructional. Several commercial demonstrations have been given, and at the meeting on February 18, members dressed dolls. Many girls of the club participated in the as- sembly on November 18, which was put on by the Home Economics department in the form of a style show. Each model displayed garments which had been made by the girls in the department. E page twenty-one

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First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Vernice Richards President Esther Flasberg Bernice Emanuelson V.-President Bernice Emanuelson Margaret Peters Secretary Doris Olson Esther Flasberg Treasurer Loween Conklin Miss Jeanne Platt Adviser Miss Jeanne Platt 7 - - . .1 HAWKINSON E1 Circulo Espanol LIEBOVICH Cscholarshipy That a further interest in Spanish might be man- ifest, that a means might be provided for the stu- dents to speak Spanish outside of the classroom, and that the pupi1's knowledge of the customs of the Spanish people might be increased El Circulo Espanol was formed by the students of the Spanish department. . All business meetings of the club are conducted in Spanish, and during the year Spanish parliamentary law has been studied, and closely observed in the meetings. All programs have been planned to further the purposes of the club. La Estrcllita, La Paloma, El Gcmcho, and other well known Spanish songs have been sung at the meetings, and many Spanish games have been played. The members have taken an exceedingly great in- 1Serviceb terest in Ronipecabezeas, Spanish crossword puzzles. To acquaint the students with Spanish customs, travel talks, reviews of modern travel books, and Spanish plays have been presented. On February 10 a Spanish Valentine party was featured under the direction of the committee of Esther Flasberg and Lena Scandroli. The number attending made Spanish valentines. Some of the programs during the year consisted of a talk on Porto Rico by Miss Isabel Fisher, a member of the facultyg a review of Richard Halliburton's New Vlforldir to Conquer by a com- mittee of Shirley Hawkinson, Junior Buck, Marian Lyford, and Thelma Turkingtong and a Spanish play by the committee of Eure Nelson, Helen Larson, Mildred Burd, and! Margaret Engstrom. Vernice Richards and Lois Tobinson head the committee for the club's annual picnic to be held in June. page twenty-three